{"product_id":"science-fiction-hall-of-fame-volume-one-edited-by-robert-silverberg-1972","title":"Science fiction hall of fame volume one edited by Robert Silverberg 1972","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Title:\u003c\/strong\u003e Science fiction hall of fame volume one\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Series:\u003c\/strong\u003e Science fiction hall of fame\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNarrative Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sphere\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Language:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntended Audience:\u003c\/strong\u003e Young Adults,Adults\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1972\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Short Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Robert Silverberg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry\/Region of Manufacture:\u003c\/strong\u003e United Kingdom\u003c\/p\u003eScience fiction hall of fame volume one edited by Robert Silverberg 1972\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eCondition:\u003cbr\u003eCrease to the spine\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eGeneral wear and tear\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFront cover flimsy to the spine (Photo)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style='color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003eIf you own only one anthology of classic science fiction, it should be \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style='box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003eThe Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style='color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003e. Selected by a vote of the membership of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA), these 26 reprints represent the best, most important, and most influential stories and authors in the field. The contributors are a Who's Who of classic SF, with every Golden Age giant included: Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, John W. Campbell, Robert A. Heinlein, Fritz Leiber, Cordwainer Smith, Theodore Sturgeon, and Roger Zelazny. Other contributors are less well known outside the core SF readership. Three of the contributors are famous for one story--but what stories!--Tom Godwin's pivotal hard-SF tale, \"The Cold Equations\"; Jerome Bixby's \"It's a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style='box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003eGood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style='color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003e Life\" (made only more infamous by the chilling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style='box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003eTwilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style='color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003e adaptation); and Daniel Keyes's \"Flowers for Algernon\" (brought to mainstream fame by the movie adaptation, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style='box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003eCharly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style='color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp style='box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003eThe collection has some minor but frustrating flaws. There are no contributor biographies, which is bad enough when the author is a giant; but it's especially sad for contributors who have become unjustly obscure. Each story's original publication date is in small print at the bottom of the first page. And neither this fine print nor the copyright page identifies the magazines in which the stories first appeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style='box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003ePrefaced by editor Robert Silverberg's introduction, which describes SFWA and details the selection process, \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThe Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful book for the budding SF fan. Experienced SF readers should compare the table of contents to their library before making a purchase decision. Fans who contemplate giving this book to non-SF readers should bear in mind that, while several of the collected stories can measure up to classic mainstream literary stories, the less literarily-acceptable stories are weighted toward the front of the collection; adult mainstream-literature fans may not get very far into \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThe Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e--Cynthia Ward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style='box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv Wonder Stories Jul ’34\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· Twilight [as by Don A. Stuart; Dying Earth] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ss Astounding Nov ’34\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· Helen O’Loy · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Dec ’38\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· The Roads Must Roll · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Astounding Jun ’40\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· Microcosmic God · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Apr ’41\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· Nightfall · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Sep ’41\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· The Weapon Shop [Isher] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Dec ’42\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· Mimsy Were the Borogoves · Lewis Padgett · nv Astounding Feb ’43\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· Huddling Place [City (Websters)] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Jul ’44\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· Arena · Fredric Brown · nv Astounding Jun ’44\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· First Contact · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding May ’45\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· That Only a Mother · Judith Merril · ss Astounding Jun ’48\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· Scanners Live in Vain · Cordwainer Smith · nv Fantasy Book #6 ’50\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· Mars Is Heaven! · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fll ’48\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· The Little Black Bag · C. M. Kornbluth · nv Astounding Jul ’50\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi F\u0026amp;SF Sum ’50\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· Coming Attraction · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Nov ’50\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· The Quest for Saint Aquin · Anthony Boucher · ss New Tales of Space and Time, ed. Raymond J. Healy, Holt, 1951; F\u0026amp;SF Jan ’59\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· Surface Tension [Lavon] · James Blish · nv Galaxy Aug ’52\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e· It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. 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